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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

Bertolt Brecht

The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Children Hate Ignorance
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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Dwelling Object People Tool
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing
The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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Forever Mills Wheels
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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Dammed Easy Important
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs

Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

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